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    7/27/2018 6:18 AM  #1

    Toploader
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    Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I just had my handbrake handle crack on me today. Not that old either. Is this another case of lousy reproduction junk? Does anyone have any recommendations for a good quality handbrake handle?
    Thanks!

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    7/27/2018 7:15 AM  #2

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I got sick of repop crap and I also needed a modified handle to accommodate my left side AC vent so I fired up the lathe, etc. and made one from al-u-minyum.  It don't crack.

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    7/27/2018 3:14 PM  #3

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    BB, was it British?

     

    7/27/2018 4:23 PM  #4

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    BB, was it British?

    No, but I do have a Corona w/lime once in a while and I used to have the occasional G&T w/slice.
    So...I've  never had the scurvy.  Do that qualify me?

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    7/27/2018 4:44 PM  #5

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I think you're safe govna'.

     

    7/27/2018 5:29 PM  #6

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I've seem some aluminum e-brake handles for sale by various parts houses and some look just like the originals.

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    7/28/2018 4:46 PM  #7

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I bought a billet handle for mine but it does not look like the original.  Then, later, a billet 65-66 handle exactly like the plastic original came out.  I think Don has one on his 66.   They work great. Mine fit kind of loosely, so I used JB-Weld to stabilize it.

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    7/28/2018 5:12 PM  #8

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    Thanks guys!
    So the general consensus is to go with a billet type?
    The last reproduction one I used was a bit of a pain to fit, so hopefully I can pull the pin out easily enough

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    7/28/2018 5:41 PM  #9

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    Tip for removing the pin:  Use a cutoff wheel to carefully remove the plastic part around the pin.  Then you can get the pin started moving with vise-grips.  Worked for me.

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    7/29/2018 10:13 AM  #10

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    I broke my last plastic handle about 10 years ago, purchased an billet aluminum handle to replace and have not had any issues since.  IMO, it is as close to looking original as it needs to be.
    Purchased from "Coronado Machine" in Arizona, I see there are still in business. 

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    8/01/2018 10:31 PM  #11

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    you think the cutoff method can be done while the handle is still in the car?..

    MS wrote:

    Tip for removing the pin:  Use a cutoff wheel to carefully remove the plastic part around the pin.  Then you can get the pin started moving with vise-grips.  Worked for me.

     

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    8/03/2018 10:07 PM  #12

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    Vicfonz wrote:

    you think the cutoff method can be done while the handle is still in the car?..

    MS wrote:

    Tip for removing the pin:  Use a cutoff wheel to carefully remove the plastic part around the pin.  Then you can get the pin started moving with vise-grips.  Worked for me.

     

    I replaced mine a few months back (second Scott Drake one). Drilled the plastic with a  1/4 drill opposite the hole where the pin installs to expose the pin, then I drove out the pin with a 1/8" punch. I did it in the car.

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    8/04/2018 1:41 PM  #13

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    ok...ill probably  try that...have a handle laying around for a while just couldn't figure how to change it without pulling the whole set up out

    Ron68 wrote:

    Vicfonz wrote:

    you think the cutoff method can be done while the handle is still in the car?..

    MS wrote:

    Tip for removing the pin:  Use a cutoff wheel to carefully remove the plastic part around the pin.  Then you can get the pin started moving with vise-grips.  Worked for me.

     

    I replaced mine a few months back (second Scott Drake one). Drilled the plastic with a  1/4 drill opposite the hole where the pin installs to expose the pin, then I drove out the pin with a 1/8" punch. I did it in the car.

     

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    8/05/2018 7:57 PM  #14

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    Vise grips are your friend. I was able to set a pair of vise grips so they clamped a diameter somewhat less than the plastic part and by clamping right over the plastic a few times while adjusting the vise grip tighter was able to split the plastic enough to bust it off. Then same vise grips were able to pull the pin out.

     

    8/06/2018 11:07 AM  #15

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    Re: Handbrake handle - another one bites the dust

    or maybe ill try this?...just hope I don't leave it all broken and walk away from it lol

    DC wrote:

    Vise grips are your friend. I was able to set a pair of vise grips so they clamped a diameter somewhat less than the plastic part and by clamping right over the plastic a few times while adjusting the vise grip tighter was able to split the plastic enough to bust it off. Then same vise grips were able to pull the pin out.

     

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